The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-03
He VIII Recommend Mr.. Fairchi d
for His Successor-Equivalent
to an Appointing II.
THE MEANING OF ARCHBISHOP
GIBB0NS'S VISIT To ROME.
The Question Of the Distribution Of
Seeds Decided in the Senate
Pensions In the House.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.I


League, Of Memphis, administrator OF
Delos A. Hsrell, deceased, who
claimed $l6l5 for various animals
taken from Hirfell's farm in Shelby
county by United States troops, had
found that the petitioner was emitted
20 1886.
The House has passed bill appro-
priating $4,000 tor the repair of thu
road to the
where it had bsen undermined by
railroad company.
JUDGE sNEED, OF MEMPHIS,
and tie Hon. Thomas J. Williams, of
Knoxville, are both in this city, and
both ara looking for an office. 1t is
believed that neither would object to
being appointed on the Commission
to carry out the provisions of the in
II rstate commerce bill.
THE FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS BILL
hiss been reported to the House by
Mr.. Richardson, who will endeavor to
have action taken upon it Friday next.
This bill includes $50 Tennessee
claims, aggregatiUg about $l50, COO.
There is little doubs OF its passage.
MANNING's RETIREMENT.
As these dispatches have reiterated
from time to time, there is every rea-
son to believe that Secretary Manning
has fully determined to leave the
Treasury Department He wi remain
until some time after the 10Th OF
March, aud when he leaves will recon-
mend Mr.. Fairchild as his successor.
He will probably take the prss dency
of the new bank now in course of
formation in New York. Even il he
should net do this your corresp ondent
is assured on the highest authority
that he will resign on account of his
i'll health, which his onerous duties as
Secretary Is not by any meaus improv-
ing. The proposition now is to pass
THE TOBACCO TAX REPEAL
under suspension oil the rules OF the
House on Monday next.
ALASKA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
The House COMMITTEES on Territories
todayIfavorably considered the, bill for
the organization OF the Territory OF
Alaska. The bill provides for the es.
tablishmsnt of civil government
over all the country coded by Russia
TO the United Safes under the name
of Alaska, and desiguates the town of
Sitka as the seat of government. 1t
also provides that the Territory shall
be entitled to delegate in the Nation
al HOUSE of representatives, to be
elected by the qualified voters CT the
Territory.
THE TRANSFER OF THE SIGNAL CoRPs.
One hundred and twenty Of the 140
clerks on duty at the Office OF the
chief signal officer hsvs signed a petit.
ton to Congress in which they express
the opinion thst tae best interests OF
the government would be subservsd
by transferring the signal corps of the
army to The new executive department
contemplated in house bill No. $50,
and also urge that they be made civil
isns instead Of en- listed men as at
| present.
BLAINE THE STRONGEST REPUBLICAN FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
William Walter Phelps says the
Capital Processes to doubt the fact that
Mr.. Blaine is certain TO be candidate
for the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation in 1888. He says Mr.. Blaine
will hp a candidate il it is clearly de-
cided by the Republican leaders that
his nomination is necessity to party
SUCCESS in the election. He was talk
ing recently to group oil Republican
Representatives who happened to be
otherwise than strong Blaine men.
They were canvassing the availability
of other candidates in case Mr.. Blaine
was out of the way. Gentlemen"
said Mr.. Phelps, "thers are seven OF
you, If you will within twenty-four
hours agree upon man that will
within your judgment be stronger than
Blaine at the polls, 1 will, within a
few days or as quickly as the
mails can bring it, give you a
letter from Mr.. Blaine that will abso-
lute'y preclude him from being a cam
didate before the convention In 1885,"
The group separated until the next
day, when the seven Representatives
were obliged to acknowledge that not
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upon name that would carry more
weight at the polls than that OF Blaine.
Mr.. Phelps laughed and said that
wasn't the first time by any means
he had made the same offer and had
the same result. When asked, how
ever, if he would hold it as a standing
offer and open to any seven Represen-
tatives, he said that would be asking
too much.
HENRY wATTRRsoN ON CLEVELAND.
Mr.. WaterSon writes from this city
tn bis paper, the Louisville Courier.
Journal, that Cleveland sis the one
man in Washington who is blind to
the truth and deaf to counsels. Even
the Secretary OF Safe, who hiss lived
most OF his life in q peach bow vase
5000 mies beyond the moon. is not, l
am told, wholly lost to the real state
of the case. But there seems no help
fer it. A man as incapable of receiv-
ing impressions as Of returning
warmth, aud sensible of criticism only
to the point of resenting it, the Preei.
dent sits in the White House like
wooden image made to be worshipped,
nOb W Uo lONous 10 Tue weaker mem.
bers of his Cabinet he has impaired
his dull self-sufficiency and cold stolid-
ity. A near and old friend of his said
to me not loug ago: '0l all the arid
natures | ever ountered, his is the
most arid. He sympsthiZes with no.
body; makes common cause with nc
body; and, in the most serious affairs,
trusts wholly and solely to fortune or
caprice. The author Of this descrip-
ton nursed no disappointment, was
far beyend the reach Of Presidential
fear or favor, and simply spoke in the
spirit of an historian ar philosopher"
JACKSON vs.. BAYARD.
The slowness with which Secretary
Bayard transmits to the Senate the
correspondence between his depart
ment and Congressman Jackson, late
Min ster to Mexico, which was asked
for nearly tSo wesks ago by the Sem
ate, has caused much comment. The |
Senate lie at a loss to understand why |
the resolution has not been obeyed. |
The late Ministers friends say the |